Does the recording industry think they have won.?

Question

People can still trade each other maybe buying one cd and sharing with 50 people, download from some alternative sites offered from overseas accounts for pennies per song. Either way the record company will never get the money it did before. The flood gates are to hard to close. People will find away when you want them to pay $20 for a cd containing 2 songs they like or when you want $1.99 for a song lasting 3 months or that may only be listened to for a month. There are russian websites offering songs for a few cents each the recording industry has been trying to go after them with no success because they do not fall under US laws. I will never buy a CD, record or MP3 from them again. i am willing to pay .10 for a song though from an legal overseas entity. Will the recording industry ever give up or do they really think they can win.

Answer 1

If you're talking about the woman who just got nailed for 220 thousand something - They KNOW they haven't won , they're just trying to make an example of her, and that's like going out into a rice field and grabbing one grain of rice, and proclaiming "Hey! I've got the rice!" LOL!

Answer 2

Musicians don't make money off cd sales. They make their living from touring, radio play (if they are credited as the writer of the song), endorsments, other product sales (t-shirts, hats, posters, ect.) That being said, it doesn't matter where the money goes. It's still stealing music. When you buy a cd or mp3, you purchase the right to own that particular copy of the recording. It's a business, as much as some may not like it, and they have the right to make their money. Yes, they're making an expample of the woman with the 222K judgement. That's over the top. But a message was made. You're stealing it. Be smart about it. Use a service like alltunes where you can get a whole cd of mp3s for $1.50. You're legal, it's cheap enough, and the record companies can't say anything about it. It's like speeding. You may never get caught, so you keep doing it. But you might- you never know when someone's watching.

Answer 3

They will use a few as an example and to intimidate. If they have not already realized, they soon will understand that they are fighting a losing battle and will have to come up with a new model to benefit the industry and us consumers. We are slowly becoming smarter than they are. They ruled for way too long...

Artists also need to understand that there are ways to sustain a living without gouging us with pricing. Music is a gift and a talent, and they should be willing to share their gift to world without excluding people who cannot afford an extravagant CD or (paid for) mp3 collection.

It is however, mostly our fault for helping them sustain a lifestyle most people only dream of. Artists go all up in arms if we demand lower prices and force them to not be able to afford that 3.2 million dollar mansion. There are Doctors out there that save people's lives on a daily basis that don't make nearly as much. Music teachers in school that inspire and encourage young children to appreciate music that make a minuscule fraction of what they do.

But, again, so long as we are willing to pay high CD prices, and extremely high Concert ticket prices, then we have noone to blame.

Answer 4

It's called

. "DISINTERMEDIATION"

and it means that all the bloodsuckers who have been getting rich between the consumer and the artist will now be getting left behind, due to the technology of the Internet and World Wide Web.

May all the attorneys,CEOs, and other hangers-on leave quickly, and not let the door hit them too hard on the way out!

Answer 5

allofmp3 and pirate bay like a hydra
Now appear about 20 russian mp3 site
http://hubpages.com/hub/russianmp3site
and more, more p2p programm: limewire, morheus, ...
Industry may think about win after 2010 year.

Answer 6

I think they probably realize that they'll never get all they think they are owed.